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617-500-2512 (direct)
617-500-2499 (fax) Hao@ORTpatent.com

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Molecular Biology
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J. Jimmy Hao, Ph.D.
Associate

Dr. Hao's practice focuses on patent prosecution in the areas of biotechnology, bioinformatics, physics, and pharmaceuticals. Dr. Hao has extensive experience in preparation of opinions on infringement and validity of patents and management of patent portfolios. Technology areas include: biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, genomics, proteomics, bioinformatics, chip-array technologies, biomaterials, nanotechnology, drug discovery, protein structure prediction, immunology, antibodies, vaccines, tissue engineering, RNA technology, gene- and cell-based therapies, diagnosis and treatments for various disorders.

Professional Experience
Prior to joining Occhiuti Rohlicek & Tsao, Dr. Hao was a technology specialist with Fish & Richardson P.C.

Dr. Hao was previously a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Stuart Orkin at Harvard Medical School/Children's Hospital/Howard Hughes Medical Institute. His research focused on stem cells, genomics, molecular development biology, and genetically engineered animals. Dr. Hao received his doctoral training in neuroscience, cell biology, molecular biology, and molecular genetics in the laboratory of Dr. Peter Cserjesi at Columbia University.

Education
J.D., Boston College Law School
Ph.D., Cell Biology, Columbia University, with distinction
M.B.A., Cornell University
B.S., Biophysics, Nankai University, with highest honor

Bar Admissions
Registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office
Admitted to the bar in Massachusetts

Languages
Fluent in Mandarin Chinese

Other

Morikawa Y, Dai YS, Hao J, Bonin C, Hwang S, and Cserjesi P. The basic helix-loop-helix factor Hand 2 regulates autonomic nervous system development. (2005) Dev Dyn. 234(3): 613-21.

Dai YS, Hao J, Bonin C, Morikawa Y, and Cserjesi P. JAB1 enhances HAND2 transcriptional activity by regulating HAND2 DNA binding. (2004) J Neurosci Res. 76(5): 613-22.

Hao J, Liu G, Chun S, Hwang S, Witkin JW, Cserjesi P. Role of the basic Helix-Loop-Helix transcription factor HAND1 in Sympathetic Nervous System development. (1999) Neuroscience Abst. 25: 2291.

Wang G, Witkin JW, Hao J, Bankaitis VA, Scherer PE, Baldini G. Syndet is a novel SNAP-25 related protein expressed in many tissues. (1997) J Cell Sci. 110(Pt 4): 505-513.

Hao J, Chen S, Chen K. The gonadotropes in pituitary. (1995) Acta Anatomica Sinica. 26(3): 330-335.